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When Daniel’s ideas are combined with visual in-
spiration, courage, and a great trunk, beauty happens.
A venerable image is produced and the viewers are
transported to ancient forest groves inside their own
imagination. A sense of awe for the struggle of life can
be felt, and a profound respect for the will of the tree
and its personal story of survival. That story and the
Top row, left to right; Secreted ability to evoke emotion are the things which he has
waterfall that fills the central
pond. pursued for over 55 years.
Daniel under his Pond Cypress,
Taxodium ascendens A garden of surprises:
Raw beginning in 1993 of It’s impossible to separate the artist from his cre-
Elandan Gardens. ation, and Elandan is a creation like no other. To
Middle; Central pond view. introduce you to a closer understanding of Daniel
Bottom left, Cormorant, stone Robinson, who he is, and why he works and thinks as
sculpture by Will Robinson he does, I have to introduce you to Elandan where the
The Gargoyle (Lava stone) heart of this artist is on display every day for all to see.
Bottom right; Garden Shop side
courtyard. The garden itself is such a tremendous collection
Facing Page of individual articles that there is a great
Top left; Daniel with a juniper As Daniel’s work has evolved over time, an essential dissonance; there’s the lack of tying together, other
snag. than its all natural kinds of things. What’s the most
Top right; Korean Black Pine, concept became apparent from tree to tree, be it the wonderful thing is to have surprises. Surprises in
Pinus thumbergii ones he collected, grew from seed, or acquired from life are wonderful. It’s how you surround yourself
Middle left; The juniper snag by a nursery. His pursuit of expressing ancient looking with them that is really kind of terrific, because
the pond. trees always reflected a history of cataclysm. This has so many things are just mundane. So for me, I’m
Middle left, lower left and right; become the tie which binds together the various ap-
Natural stone lantern and an proaches to his work. For Daniel, tree design should surprised when I find some ingredient, and then
Alaska eroded stone. in some way express the cataclysms of the tree’s life. I’m surprised again when I inject it into my garden,
Bottom left; Main garden path. Be it fictional or just enhancing what truly happened and have people come around a corner and say,
Bottom right; Japanese Maple, decades or centuries before, that history is essential. “Wow, look at this!”
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